SpoilersThe Hedgehog From Hell says: "I shared a house in England with a couple of Germans in 1999. I was watching Star Trek: Deep Space 9 on BBC2. One came into the room and saw Jadzia Dax on the screen and said 'Oh! Is she still alive? You're really far behind in this country.' What's been ruined for you, and how? Apart from QOTW, obviously"
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 6 Jun 2013, 13:29)
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I think we got off on the wrong foot.Re. Ballard, I prefer his short fiction to his novels, and his experimental work from the seventies rather than his realist phase from the 80s until his death, my favourite of his novels being The Atrocity Exhibition and short story wise, probably Memories of the Space Age.
Where I think he lost momentum was around the turn of the century; while Cocaine Nights and Super Cannes are competent enough novels, he'd become a bit formulaic.
It doesn't detract from his ability as a writer or even his ability to deal thematically with his subjects
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I think we did get off on the wrong foot then.I did forget that in the elements trilogy doesn't have any of his typical tropes either.
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